UN

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Well the UN doesn't handle things like military interventions or peacekeeping very well, they seem to be good with numbers, um, statistics not money. Anyway the UN has released their World Population Prospects which notes that by 2050 India's population will reach some 1.5 billion and will surpass China's population estimate of 1.3 billion. I guess that one child, preferably male, quota per family has come back to bite the Chinese. The report also notes that Europe will also expect a decline from the current population of 728 million to 630 million in 2050. Japan's population is also expected to decline as well.

I guess those Malthusian theorists need to re-assess their "population bomb" theories and focus more on the emerging population dearth. If you want to learn more about the declining populations of the World, then I suggest you look at Ben Wattenberg's book Fewer. As a devotee to population numbers, Ben Wattenberg has put a lot of study into the subject and offers a good read that everyone should check out. Another individual who offers a great bit of insight on the whole demographic situation is Phillip Longman who has documented a population decline in his book The Empty Cradle. Aside from a promoter of Freedom and Liberty, I'm also a demographic buff who tries to keep an eye on the decline of populations throughout the World. In my opinion, people in the US need to start having large families or the population will fail to sustain retiring and aging generations much like what the Europeans are experiencing today. Remember by 2018, this nation will begin to feel such a strain when more people start taking out more social security money than is being put in. When the ratio of worker to retiree ratios move from 14:1 to 2:1, you start to have problems. My advice, get started on making a family. Time is not on our side.